Revell 1:32 He 111 P-1

[Guest]

That cockpit is looking awesome mate. The time spent on those belts looks worth it. Really help to bring it to life.


Cheers. 

[Guest]

Colin mate.... that cockpit is one of the best I've seen this year, not overly done and just right. Phenomenal work mate. 

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Colin and wow what work your putting into this one. Some great work with the PE which does make a very big difference and improvement. Going to watch this big beast come together from now on.

[Guest]

Top work Colin as above the cockpit is the dogs bits.

[Vaughan]

Great attention to detail with this one Colin.

[colin m]

Thanks for the comments Gentlemen. So, a little update. I'm skipping around the build order a bit, so am building various sub - assemblies, starting with the engines. Now then, the instructions would have you insert the exhaust manifolds at this stage.





But then how can the be painted later ? So, a little experiment, can I build the engines leaving the front spinner assembly off, allowing the manifolds to be inserted later ?


Well, with the help of lots of blu-tak, yes.








The engines are made of 4 parts (plus the front) and a bit of an unusual shape.





And when you're done, the front pops off allowing plenty of access for the exhaust manifolds to be fitted later.





The fit of the parts is really good, so painting shouldn't be a problem, I think. The front may get stuck back on with blu-tak again.

[colin m]

Finally I'm getting to stick some big bits together, but there could be trouble ahead. Part 28, doesn't have any locating tabs as shown. OK, that might seem to  be no big issue, but a trial fitting of the engine and other bits shows it does have quite a big role in playing where everything sits.





First guess is it will have to sit somewhere here. There is actually a really small notch in the lower wing, not mentioned in the instructions which might be a big clue.





The next strange thing is theses parts, 32 and 33. The instructions suggest they are fitted after the engine. I can't see how that might be possible. They have locating pins and tabs all over and will not slide after fitting the engine.





So, fit them first. Then slide the engine up to them. Can you see part 28, now painted blue, sitting there minding it own business, well.





The radiator housing complete with radiator sits right on top of part 28, if that's in the wrong place, the rad' housing can't be seated correctly.





Some of these panel lines look a little prominent, but actually they are ok, a bit of sanding and maybe a tiny bit of filler and they will be fine. If you build one of these, please do take your time at this place and trial fit everything, and take revel's instructions as a very rough guide only.





But look at the flippin' size of this thing. The wheel wells are huge. The above assembly needs to be left to harden before I tackle any sanding. But not too worry, there's always more to do.

[flyjoe180]

Wading through vague instructions can be frustrating, but looks like you're nailing this one Colin. Lots of scope for detail and weathering in that scale. Hope you've got somewhere to display it at the end!

[colin m]

. Lots of scope for detail and weathering in that scale

Hello Joe, and yes the possibilities are endless. But, I'll just stick to a bit of photo etch. Although, the standard Revell product is quite good without any extras.


So, nearly ready to make a fuselage, but Revell need you to fit the tail wheel first. I would sooner leave it off until the end, but because of how it locates, you have to do it now.





Luckily, I remembered to unmask the windows on the inside, before masking on the outside.





Then it was time to slap the two halves together. After adding the cockpit, which I nearly forgot about, having made it so long ago.





The fit has been very tight. Having said that, at this stage you are lining up four bulkheads at the same time. I started from the back and worked forward. No gaps, but I missed the fuselage creating a bit of a step just behind the large opening you can see. This might just sand out, we'll see.

[colin m]

At last, it's starting to look like an aircraft. This was quite a tight fit, but looking good. I've only glued the top wing root joins at the moment. I'll give it an hour and tackle the bottom then.

[papa 695]

Awesome work so far Colin it's looking very good.

[colin m]

Awesome work so far Colin it's looking very good.

Cheers old boy. It's going together rather well, Revell have done a nice job here. Gluing such a big fuselage was always going to be tricky, but it was fine with just a tiny bit of filler here and there, nearly all of the seams just sanded out.


Wing roots, turned out nice, a very good fit. It was difficult to get the fuselage in there, all sorts of horrible noises were made, but no damage.





The under side needed a bit more work to make it fit, but nothing difficult at all.





Finally, I think I've masked all the glazing, well I really hope so.





If you build this model, get yourself a mask set. Well worth the money. This little lot took a few hours and that was using a mask set, without a set I would probably have missed Christmas.


Right, time to stick some more bits together, this little lot make up the bit people like to call the 'gondola' ! Which of course has already been masked and painted, ready for fitting.

[Guest]

Coming along nicely mate. Sure is big and a lot of masking. Good thing it fits well.

[Guest]

Very well done on the Masking there Colin, It takes me ages to do a canopy, so good job there mate. 

[colin m]

The masking yes, well the mask set was a great help here and highly recommended.


So, the monster has wings.





Although, surprisingly for such big wings, the locating of them might be a bit stronger. Time will tell.





Anyway, once attached, the fit is really good. Well done Revell.